Concealed skirt-band fastening.



P. TERRY,

CONCEALED SKIRT BAND FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22. 1,915.

WITNESSES: l/VVE/V TOR A7TORIVEY THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH (20-. WASHINGTON. D. c.

Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

PHILIP TERRY, on NEW YORK, NVY.

CONCEALED SKIRTBAND FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pateni;ed Feb, 15, 1916 Applicationfiled September 22, 1915, 1 Serial No. 51,974.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP TERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bronx borough, New York city, county of New York, State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Concealed Skirt-Band Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to pro-,

vide' a concealed fastening for skirt and other bands comprising complementary hook and eye members operating like ordinary hooks and eyes, but which shall be mechanically attached to the ends of the band; that is, by, manipulationof the blanks of wire from which the members are formed and without any stitching whatever, the operations of inserting the blanks from which the hook and eye members are formed into wide hems at the ends of the band, forming the members, and locking them in place so that the strain shall be entirely upon the inner side of the end fold of the hem and puckering or folding of the material of the band will be rendered impossible, being per formed mechanically, the special mechanism,

used forming no portion of the present invention. lVith these ends in view I have devised the novel fastening which I will now describe, referring to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and using reference characters to indicate the several parts.

Figure 1 is a view showing the outer side of the ends of a band ]omed together by my novel fastening members, the ends of the band being partly broken away to show the members; Fig. a similar view of the inner side of the ends of a band, the hem at one end of the band being broken away to show the hook member; Fig. 3 an edge view of the ends of the band showing the wide hems formed thereon ready for the attachment of the fastening members; Fig. at a view of the blank of wire from. which the eye memberis formed; Fig. 5 a perspective view of the eye member detached; Fig. 6

" a perspective view showing the eye member attached to the band, which is partly broken away to show the mode of attachment; 7 a view of the blank of wire from which the hook member is formed; Fig. 8 a perl0 and 11 denote the ends of a skirt or other band, each having formed thereon a wide hem indicated by 12, which, however, need not be stitched down. 7 i r 13 denotes a blank of wire doubled upon itself at its mid-length, from which the hook member is formed, 1 1- the completed hook member, 15 a blank ofwire doubled upon itself at its mid-length, from which the eye member is formed, and 16 the completed eye member. The insertion of the blanks and the formation'and attachment of the i V hook and eye members is accomplished by a succession of steps which may be performed by a machine or by means of hand tools.

In Fig. 3, I have shown the under plies of the hems, specifically indicated by 19, as extending nearly to the inner side of the end folds of the. hems, said end folds being speclfically indicated by 17. It is not necessary, however, that the under plies of the,

heme extend inward as'far as shown, but

simply necessary that they'ente nd inward far enough to be pierced by the arms of the blanks and thereby'retained in place,

rendering stitching down of the heme un necessary.

The hook member blanks are inserted by passing the single arms offlthe blanks through the end fold of the hem from the outer side inwardparallel with the plies.

Suflicient of the. double end of the blank is,

left outside the hemto form the engaging arm of the hook, which is specifically indicated by 18, and is formed by bending the 7 double end of' the blank substantially parallel with, or at a slight angle to, the portion of the blankxlying between the plies. The single arms of the blank are passed through the under ply of the hem intermediatethe endfold of the hem and the. inner fold of the hem, specifically indicated 1 by 20. The single arms of the blanks are then bentbackward upon themselves so as to lie between the under ply'of the hem and the band and the ends of the arms are bent at a right angle either Inward or outward.

These angle arms, which are specifically in cheated by 21, he parallel wlth and inzclose mitted to these angle arms and is taken up by the end fold of the band. By passing the single armsjthrough the under ply of the inner fold of the hem as before.

the hem, the hem. is locked down and any puckering or gathering of the hem is prevented and it is rendered wholly unnecessary to stitch the hem down.

The eye member blank is shorter and wider; that is to say, the single arms of the blank lie at sufficient distance apart to form the engaging portion of the eye, which is specifically indicated by The single arms of the eye member blanks are passed through the end fold of the hem, at the opposite end of the band, in the same manner as before, the arms lying parallel with the plies. Just sufficient of the double end of the blank is left outside the edge of the hem to form the engaging portion of the eye. ihe single arms of the blanks are passed through the under fold of the hem intermediate the end fold of the hem and The single arms of the blanks are then bent upon themselves so as to lie between the under ply of the hem and the band, and the ends of the arms are bent at a right angle either inward or outward. These angle arms, which are specifically indicated by 23, he parallel with and in close engagement with the inner side of an end fold of the hem, so that the strain upon the eye is taken up in the same manner that the strain upon the hook is, and puckering or gathering of the hem is prevented I have shown the angle arms of the eyes as turned inward, although it is of course immaterial whether they are turned inward, as shown, or outward like the angle arms of the hook members. In use, the skirt, not shown, is attached to the upper edge of what I have called the inner side of the band, that is, the side appearing in Fig. 2, so that the hems are covered by the skirt.

Having thus described my invention I claim 1. A fastening of the character described comprising complementary hook and eye members formed from V blanks of wire doubled upon themselves at their. midlength, the single arms of said blanks being adapted to be passed through the end. folds of wide hems parallel with the plies and then through the under plies of the hems, said arms being then bent backward upon themselves and the ends thereof bent at right angles to form angle arms which lie.

parallel with and in engagement with the inner side of the end folds of the heme,

of wire doubled upon themselves at their midlengths, the single arms of said blanks being passed through the end folds of the hems parallel with the plies and through the under plies of the hems and then bent backward upon themselves and the ends thereof bent at right angles to form angle arms.

parallel with the inner side of the end folds of the heme, the double end of the eye mem-. ber blank forming the engaging portion of I the eye member and the double end of the hook member blank bein bent to form the engaging arm of the hook member.

3. 'ihe combination With a belt end hating a wide hem, of fastening member formed from a blank of wire doubled :upon itself at its rind-length, the single arms of said blank being passed through the end fold of the hem parallel with the plies, and l then through the under ply of the hem, and being bent backward upon itself and the ends thereof bent at right angles to form.

angle arms in engagement with the inner side of the end fold of the hem, the double end of said blank being shaped to form the engaging portion of the member.

in testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

PHILIP TERRY.

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